Summary The Department of Health has responded to Raj Long’s Finding a path for a cure for dementia: an independent report into an integrated approach to dementia drug development report, with a Strategy Report and an open letter. There is … Continue reading →

Summary The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) took part in an international workshop with other regulators, and has released a statement of intent about how to support the development of drugs for dementia. This work is in support … Continue reading →

Summary The following report appeared before, and preparatory to, the WHO’s First Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia Conference, and provided an assessment of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s international position on dementia. The OECD recommended … Continue reading →

Summary Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a $100 million Dementia Discovery Fund at the World Health Organisation’s First Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia Conference. The Dementia Discovery Fund will be used to finance dementia research with the … Continue reading →

Summary A group of “young leaders in dementia” will take part in the First Global Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia, which is to be hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva on March 16th – 17th … Continue reading →